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On Thu, 2008-11-06 at 22:12 +0000, Neil Williams wrote: > On Thu, 2008-11-06 at 21:24 +0000, kevin wrote: > > My Daughter has just aquired a ASUS Eee PC 1000 from IT247 > > > > It has the Xnadros Linux on it which works fine out the box but She is > > used to some apps which arn't in the repros Gtkpod Gimp Amsn > > > > Can you sugguest some more repros to put in the /etc/sources.list or > > even an alternative distro ? > > Debian runs nicely on the Eee. > > http://wiki.debian.org/DebianEeePC > > > And of course how to get a new Distro on the Machine (no DVD drive ) > > net installer copied onto a USB stick - that's the default way of doing > installs on all devices like this. > > http://wiki.debian.org/DebianEeePC/HowTo/Install > > If this is a solid state drive, choose ext2 rather than ext3, then go > for XFCE instead of the default desktop (which would be GNOME). > > I used this method to install Debian on my Acer Aspire1. I haven't had > time to configure everything yet but there are many Eee units out there > running Debian with all the relevant bits of hardware enabled, however, > setting things up does take time. This isn't (yet) a simple installation > in the way that Debian would normally install onto a desktop PC or a > full size laptop. Expect to do quite a lot of tinkering and post-install > configuration. Once installed, of course, you get access to all the > packages available from Debian. Thanks Rob & Neil for your advice I will give a USB install a go. > Regards Kevin Lucas Minions Post Master(Sub) reprieved (possibly!) Po House, Minions, Liskeard Cornwall PL14 5LE 01579363386 -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html